Coup and Measure

Coup

Coup noun - A successful result brought about by hard work.

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Measure and coup are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Measure" instead a noun "Coup".

Nearby Word: coupe

Measure noun - An action planned or taken to achieve a desired result.

Usage example: such new security measures as metal detectors at all the entrances

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Coup and measure are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Coup" instead a noun "Measure".

best	best coup	best measure
particular	particular coup	particular measure
brief	brief coup	brief measure
popular	popular coup	popular measure
Other adjectives: actual, real, possible, desperate, unexpected, last.

Multiple Gunshot Death: This is how Murphy dies to the Boddicker gang: multiple concentrated shotgun fire with a Coup de Grâce by Boddicker for good measure.

Source: Film / RoboCop (1987)
Haven has recently suffered a coup d'etat and is now ruled by a vicious, bloodthirsty regime which not only kills the officers who fail in their assignments, but shoots their families for good measure.

Source: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished / Literature
From there, the British track down the source of Axis air support for the coup and where a lot of the fighters fled to the largely nationalist-run Syria-Lebanon colony and promptly invade that too, along with Iran for good measure.

Source: Useful Notes / Arab-Israeli Conflict

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